ALTERIO, MAXINE

Signed & inscribed by author. Super 8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2012

KEYWORDS: Maxine Alterio 21st century New Zealand historical fiction

MANHIRE, BILL (ed)

8vo softcover (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book will reduce your overall postage costs

PUBLISHER: Victoria University Press 1991

KEYWORDS: Bill Manhire 20th century New Zealand literature fiction short stories

PHILIPPE, NATHALIE & PUGSLEY, CHRISTOPHER & CRAWFORD, JOHN & STROHN, MATTHIAS (eds)

Super 8vo, pp. 424; black cl boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: John Douglas Publishing 2013

KEYWORDS: New Zealand France First World War One I 1 WW1 WWI 20th century military history Western Front

MAICH, LOUISE

Super 8vo, pp. 336; green heavy card boards, spine lettered in gilt; photos, illus.; VG+ (light scuffing & soiling to boards; light bruising to spine & board edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light soiling to eps, prelims & terminals); in d/w, VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling; light to moderate bruising & creasing to edges & extrems).

PUBLISHER: Bateman Books 2023

KEYWORDS: Frank Erceg New Zealand photographer photography mountaineering life lives biography

BRAILSFORD, BARRY

Card enclosed sign by author. 8vo, pp. 222; illus. light card covers; VG (light to moderate scuffing & soiling to covers; light to moderate bruising to edges & extrems; light tanning & soiling to pg edges; light tanning & soiling to prelims & terminals).

PUBLISHER: Stoneprint Press 1997

KEYWORDS: Barry Brailsford 20th century New Zealand fiction

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, pink stiffened boards, black lettering to sm title plate to spine, xvii + 582pp + appendix to rear, illus, G+ (heavy scuffing/creasing & discolouration to spine- minor loss to extrems, boards completely detached but present, moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning & soiling to page edges, light tanning & foxing to eps & prelims/terminals, page block is securely bound but has minor occasional cracking throughout, occasional page may be uncut)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers, Lambton Quay 1879

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings past issues history historical

HUNT, SAM & WHITE, ROBIN (Cover art)

Slim super octavo single sheet folded pamphlet, green illus & lettering to covers, VG+ (light creasing to edges, sl chafing & soiling to covers, sl fading)

PUBLISHER: The Bottle Press N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand poets writers Sam Hunt poems poetry verse literature

HECTOR, JAMES (Ed)

SECOND EDITION, super octavo, pink stiff card boards, black lettering to title plate on blue cloth spine, xvii + 490pp, folding maps/illus, VG (light scuffign & bruising to cover & spine edges, minor chafing & soiling to covers, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light separation/cracking to front gutter, occasional minor markings throughout)

PUBLISHER: George Didsbury, Gov't Printer 1875

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings past years history historical data 19th nineteenth century

N/A

Heavy quarto, half leatherbound black patterned boards, gilt lettering to spine, speckling to page edges, patterned eps, illus title page, xxvii + 1525pp, illus, VG- (heavy rubbing & scuffing to leatherwork on spine & boards, heavy crack to front hinge of spine/board, moderate to heavy chafing & soiling to boards, moderate tanning to page edges, moderate soiling & tanning to prelims, heavy crack at gutter of preface page, light to moderate foxing & soiling to terminals & rear eps, binder's sm label to rear pastedown, rear board warped at fore-edge)

PUBLISHER: The Cyclopedia Company 1897

KEYWORDS: New Zealand cyclopedias Wellington regional history

PRINGLE, D J C & GLUE, W A

ALL MAPS PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, unpaginated prelims + 631pp, illus/photos, folding maps- all present, VG+ (minor rubbing & bruising to spine, light soiling to rear board, light tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges, minor creasing to edge of Italy Map No 2) in d/w, VG- (in plastic protective cover- adhesive edges, moderate to heavy chipping & loss to spine extrems, moderate creasing & chipping to edges, light to moderate soiling)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1957

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war history series 20 twenty battalion armoured regiment ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

ROSS, ANGUS

ALL MAPS PRESENT, super octavo, red buckram boards, gilt lettering to spine, frontispiece, xvi + 506pp, illus, folding maps- all present, VG+ (sl rubbing & bruising to extrems, light tanning & soiling to page edges, sl adhesive staining to eps) in d/w, VG (in plastic protective cover- adhesive edges, edges likely stained, light tanning & soiling, 9cm closed tear to front cover- tidily repaired)

PUBLISHER: War History Branch, Dept of Internal Affairs 1959

KEYWORDS: New Zealand official war history series 23 twenty three battalion ww2 second 2nd world war two ii 2

FENWICK, Sir GEORGE

Octavo, maroon buckram soft boards/covers, gilt lettering to front cover, pink speckling to page edges, 125pp, VG+ (light bruising & rubbing to spine & cover edges, sl tanning to page edges & eps, light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Otago Daily Times and Witness Newspapers Co 1927

KEYWORDS: travel notes history historical Sir George Fenwick US America France Belgium New Zealand

HECTOR, JAMES

Super octavo, grey boards, black lettering to title plate on brown spine, black lettering to front cover, xxxix (total) + 462pp, illus, VG (moderate chipping & loss to title plate on spine, light to moderate chafing & soiling to boards, moderate creasing to spine, light to moderate tanning & foxing/soiling to page edges & eps, light foxing throughout, page top edges uncut in places, occasional light cracking to gutters)

PUBLISHER: Lyon & Blair, Printers 1881

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Institute transactions proceedings past years data resources research history historical

MEREDITH, COURTNEY SINA

FIRST EDITION, sm octavo hardcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Beatnik Publishing 2012

KEYWORDS: first editions New Zealand writers poets poetry poems verse literature Courtney Sina Meredith

DUFF, OLIVER

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Wellington Department of Internal Affairs 1941

KEYWORDS: New Zealand centennial surveys series historical research data resources Oliver Duff

TRACY, MONA & TURNER, DENNIS (Illus)

Octavo hardcover (VG+) in d/w (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: A H & A W Reed 1960

KEYWORDS: New Zealand history West Coast gold rush mining

MILLS, KAREN

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Mary Egan Publishing 2017

KEYWORDS: New Zealand writers authors literature fiction novels Karen Mills

MARSHALL, OWEN

Super octavo softcover (VG+); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: Penguin 2024

KEYWORDS: New Zealand author writers literature short stories fiction Owen Marshall

BRISCOE & COMPANY

Oblong octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: The Budget Ltd (Printer) 1925

KEYWORDS: New Zealand homes architecture Briscoe buildings materials design exhibitions

CHAPMAN-TAYLOR, RAY

Octavo stapled light card covers (VG); all our specials have minimal description to keep listing them viable. They are at least reading copies, complete and in reasonable condition, but usually secondhand; frequently they are superior examples. Ordering more than one book may reduce your overall postage costs.

PUBLISHER: School Publications Branch, Education Department N/D

KEYWORDS: New Zealand Maori life customs pre-colonialism pre-colonial times history school bulletins education